Walt Whitman 1819-1892

To "Ask uncle Walt" you need a copy of "Leaves of grass"
You ask a question, preferably something that you canīt answer with just YES or NO
Then you let the spirit of Walt guide you as you flip to a page in the book

Walt can be a bit enigmatic sometimes with his answers but most of the time he is eerily accurate

Consider these examples:

I had to make a choice wether to stay working at a library in Stockholm
or risk moving back home without any guarantees of a job
I asked Walt and he gave me this answer

" Afoot and light-hearted I take to the open road,
Healthy, free, the world before me,
The long brown path before me leading wherever I choose.
Henceforth I ask not good-fortune, I myself am good-fortune,
Henceforth I whimper no more, postpone no more, need nothing,
Done with indoor complaints, libraries, querulous criticisms,
Strong and content I travel the open road.
The earth, that is sufficient,
I do not want the constellations any nearer,
I know they are very well where they are,
I know they suffice for those who belong to them.

(Still here I carry my old delicious burdens,
I carry them, men and women, I carry them with me wherever I go,
I swear it is impossible for me to get rid of them,
I am fill'd with them; and I will fill them in return.)"

The song of the Open road from leaves of grass

I left Stockholm and it was the absolute right decision to make, I am happier now.

I asked Walt what I should do about my money problems.

"Throw yourself on the bosom of your father"

Which I did, I borrowed some money from the "Bank of Dad"

I am a pantheist and the credo of that "religion" can be summed up in one line of Walts.

"I believe that a leaf of grass is no less than the journeywork of the stars"

Wanna try this yourself go "Ask uncle Walt"! Online version of Leaves of Grass